Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus (28 page)
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Authors: Lindsay Powell
Tags: #Bisac Code 1: HIS002000, #HISTORY / Ancient / General / BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, #Bisac Code 2: BIO008000 Bisac Code 3: HIS027000
23. Winged Victory and a naked Neptunus recall the victory at Actium claimed by ‘CAESAR DIVI F[ilius]’, ‘Caesar, son of the God’.
24. After being declared
damnatio memoriae
, the face of a colossal statue of M. Antonius was recarved to become M. Agrippa – a new hero for a new age.
25. Agrippa chose Mytilene on Lesbos as his base of operations during both missions to the East.
26. The
Fasti Consulares
records in stone the names of the consuls in chronological order. Agrippa’s consulships for 28 and 27 BCE are shown as the sixth and fifth lines from the bottom.
27. M. Claudius Marcellus was widely regarded as Augustus’ likely successor. Some speculated that Agrippa was jealous of the apparent favouritism.
28. By 13 BCE Agrippa was the unrivalled associate of Caesar Augustus. A
denarius
shows the two men as equals sitting on a bench on the Rostra in the Forum Romanum.
29. Opened on 9 June 19 BCE the
Aqua Augusta
brought fresh water from outside Rome along elevated and subterranean channels to Agrippa’s complex of baths, a lake, a canal and fountains. It was popularly known as the
Aqua Virgo
after the young girl who found the source.
30. The Maison Carrée, Nimes is one of the best preserved Augustan-era temples to survive. It was commissioned by Agrippa as a gift for the city of
Colonia Nemausus
.
31. Augustus and Agrippa encouraged development of the communities of army veterans across the empire.
Colonia Nemausus
minted a coin in their honour along with the city’s insignia.
32. For winning the Cantabrian and Asturian Wars Agrippa was awarded a triumph, which he declined, but instead accepted the unique but distinctive
corona muralis
.
33. M. Agrippa is honoured on a bronze coin by the city of
Colonia Caesaraugusta
(CCA), a community of veterans from legions which fought in the Cantabrian and Asturian Wars.
34. Agrippa visited cities in the Hispanic provinces. The city of
Colonia Emerita Augusta
received his favour and honoured him with an inscription in the theatre.
